I’m not eating chicken at school.

Hi – How is everyone? I hope you’re all doing fantastic adjusting to the new school year (that is if you are still in school).
I’ve been at John Carroll for two weeks tomorrow. For the most part I’m pretty well adjusted. I, of course, miss my dad like no other, but I still talk to him fairly regularly.
Anyway, let’s start from the beginning:
I moved in on August 24. Samantha and Dad both helped; we unpacked and setup my room. They also met my roommate, Becca and her parents. There were a couple of things that we had forgotten so we made lists of what to get at Target or for someone to bring form home. (I still need another extension cord.) I walked Sam and Dad back to their cars and as I said good-bye to them I did actually cry. Samantha did, too, while she told me “how proud” she is of me. – Did you know that’s the hardest thing for me to hear? That someone is proud of me? I know that’s weird, but tell me you’re proud and I’ll probably tear up. – Dad refused to cry (but I like to think he did when he got home). When they left I called Kristin to tell her I was moved in and she came by to see everything. I then met Becca’s boyfriend, Eric. He’s a nice kid. I didn’t think we’d get along as well as we do when I first met him.
Our first night the school had a “first night frenzy.” There was a photo booth (which we fit roughly eight people into) and snow cones (which we roughly waited in line for an hour for). Because of the way we were all assigned roommates (Becca and I chose each other) we developed a group because we’re all roommates of people who know someone. It worked out really well actually.
There’s…

• Me and Becca. Basically we’re each other’s other half. Eric gets freaked out sometimes by how alike we are.
• Eric and Rocky. Eric is Becca’s boyfriend; Rocky is his roommate. Eric is a very chill, fun to be around kind of guy (we’re always mean to each other, but watch closely and we actually like messing around with each other). Rocky is like the ultimate survivor man. He makes hammocks. I’m not lying. He’s really nice and a great story teller.
• Aaron and Brad. Aaron went to school with Eric. Brad is his roommate who I got a snow cone for because everyone was tired of standing in line. Aaron is really nice… and funny. The first night he wanted to plan secret Santas already. Brad seems kind of laid back; he’s the football manager and likes Harry Potter… I want him as my new best friend. They’re both really nice guys.
• Finally: Molly, Mary, and Sarah. They’re all suitemates in Murphy. Molly is Aaron’s girlfriend. She’s really nice (I don’t really hang out with them as much because I’m usually with Becca and Eric more). Mary is absolutely crazy. She’s hilarious though. She reminds me of my guard coach from sophomore/junior year. And Sarah is nice, too. She seems quieter, but we’ve both said some things that are similar and she’s easy to talk to.

Those are my new friends… Oh, you don’t want to know about them? You’d rather here about my classes? Okay, I’ll ramble on about those.

• 9:00 AM MWF – Politics. The class is basically my Senior AP Gov from Forge. (Good thing I tried to test out of that, right?) The professor is old and the room smells like old people and death. I shouldn’t have too much trouble though if I’m pretty much reviewing last year’s topics.
• 12:00 noon MWF – First Year Seminar. It’s really pointless. Not my favorite, but it’s main topic is Poverty and Social Justice. I’m doing a service project to work with old people.
• 2:00 PM M – AR-120 (better known as “Purpose and Place”). It’s once a week so I can’t complain and the instructors seem like a lot of fun.
• 3:30 MW – Spanish 101! Yesssssssssss, the class I look forward to the most! I had 3 years of Spanish in high school and I can barely do anything with it. (That’s a lie, I know basics; I wrote a very good dialogue the other day.) I think I’ll do fine, but if I get stuck with the same kid as a partner again I’m going to tell him how it is.
• 8:00 AM TTH – English 111. I specifically wanted English in the morning. I know one kid. I might rely on him for discussion because I found it hard to focus that early. (His name is Ben; I didn’t mention him in the friends section…. He’s nice. He has a single room in Murphy. He knows Sarah and Eric.) I’ll do better… I’m working on a sleep schedule.
• 3:30 PM TTH – Philosophy 101. It’s a horrible class. It’s in the same room as Politics so it smells like death still. Also, the professor thinks she’s funny. Actually she’s creepy. She literally is the “crazy cat lady.” And we have journals that we have to read out loud. What the heck? Thanks for making me re-think everything I decide to write.

The classes don’t seem too bad. I’ll like them, mostly.
I’ve only had my one big “homesick” fit (yes I did cry… wasn’t pretty. I have a scratch under my left eye now) and that was Sunday because Dad was texting me and everyone that I talk to was home for the weekend. I considered transferring to Tri-C because I wanted my job at Marc’s and I wanted to be around my dad again. I only have to hold out until September 23 to spend time with my dad and hopefully sister. I’m going home for Forge’s homecoming and alumni night. I want to perform pregame again. That’s what always made me happy.
I’m doing a lot more studying now than I did in high school. I know college is more work anyway, but I need to do well and so I study any minute I have almost. I do still have fun; I’m going to be a college kid still, but I know my priorities better now.
I hope this will suffice as an update for all of you wondering how I am. I’m going to try and update at least weekly now. Don’t rely on that though; you should know I suck at updating when I say. I love you all and remember: I’m still Jackie and no matter how grown up I get, I still don’t know crap. ​